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False prior posting

Prior posting about the death of a Warwick University student was not true. To put it bluntly the dankprofessor was bamboozled by unknown person or persons who sent me a fraudulent news release and also had said press release posted on the web. My apologies to the student and to others who had read this posting.

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Over the past few months I have been bombarded with daily and weekly emails – anonymous in nature and often very abusive. That someone would see fit to report me as “dead” has simply exacerbated an already difficult situation.

To be frank, this story has never been newsworthy and should never have come to light. Aside from the fact that the details disclosed have been of a deeply personal nature, the widespread disclosure of this has proved very upsetting. It really has.

As I write this there are people within the Gaza region trying to rebuild the remnants of their lives – people suffering real and tangible trauma. This should be of greater concern to those who have chosen instead to waste their time emailing me and posting erroneous articles about me.

Whether I am regarded as being immoral has become of less concern to me than the need to try and rebuild my life. This I was attempting to do before the articles and subsequent blog “sound bites” came to light.
I have encoutered a great deal of hostility since the news articles came to light which I am aware may be due, in part, to the fact that people have believed me to be the source of the stories. This is in fact untrue. I have spoken to no one. I am sure that I would be a great deal wealthier if this were the case. Anyone who knows me is aware of this and whoever chooses to believe otherwise I do not have the internal resources to convince otherwise.

People need to understand that I am not an inanimate object (nor contrary to widespread belief do I regard myself as a “victim”). Things that have been written for the edification of the general public, affect not just me but my family and I can only conclude by saying what I have said before – I want to put this behind me. I NEED to put this behind me and I urge anyone who is contemplating emailing me to put their time to better use. You do not need to worry about me having to live with the consequences of what has happened with my child. I can assure you that I do …… every day.http://www.redcross.org.uk/donatesection.asp?id=90348&entrypoint=37220_RCGazasplithttp://www.dec.org.uk/

Blog reports on and examines sexual politics in higher education with a focus on issues regarding sexual consent, particularly the attempted repression of student-professor consensual sexual relationships. Thie blog reflects a commitment to the values of liberty, freedom of association, freedom of speech and privacy; such are values that are under increasing attack, both intellectually and policy wise in all too many universities which have embraced a culture of comfort in the framework of a velvet totalitarianism.

In addition, the blog at times will go beyond the university and sexual politics to issues that merit our attention. Whatever the issue the dankprofessor blog will not be constrained by any ideological orthodoxy, sexual or political correctness. Hopefully, this blog will bring together persons who value liberty and freedom even in university life.

The dankprofessor is Barry M. Dank, an emeritus professor of sociology at California State University, Long Beach, where he taught students and engaged in various forms of professorial dissidence for some 35 years.. In his earlier years, he wrote and pontificated on issues related to homosexuality and specifically on coming out and the development of a gay identity. In 1977 he became famous/infamous for his LA Times article on the anti-homosexual campaign of Anita Bryant. Later he focused on interracial relationships and on student-professor relationships. He is the Founding Editor of SEXUALITY AND CULTURE, published by Springer NYC. During his 35 years as a professor and four years as an in-residence grad student at the University of Wisconsin, he openly engaged in propinquitous (as in propinquity) dating, dating students and having many wonderful friendships with many of his students and their families. During his early years in academia he married the daughter of a professor in the Sociology Department at the University of Wisconsin. Presently he is living in Palm Desert, California. His wife, Henrietta, who he met when she was a student in one of his classes, passed away in 2015. She inspired much of his activism in the area of student professor relationships. She will always be loved and her love and devotion will never be forgotten.

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